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General Category => World News => Topic started by: guitar4jesus on July 14, 2016, 09:55:40 pm
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DEVELOPING: A large truck drove into a crowd of people who had gathered for a Bastille Day fireworks show in the southern French city of Nice Thursday evening, and the city's mayor confirmed there were fatalities.
An exact number of deaths was not immediately known, but mayor Christian Estrosi posted on Twitter that there appeared to be "dozens" of fatalities and urged residents to stay at their homes.
Excerpt, more at:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/07/14/truck-reportedly-drives-into-crowd-following-bastille-day-fireworks-in-france.html (http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/07/14/truck-reportedly-drives-into-crowd-following-bastille-day-fireworks-in-france.html)
Looks like a probable terrorist attack to me.... I'm sure 0bama will be along soon to tell me not to jump to conclusions...
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I'm sure all the people killed by the truck would have been happy to know they were not killed by an evil gun. /s They do not as yet have the name of the driver, but what will all the anti-gun, pro-Muslim people say if he turns out to be a soldier of Allah?
Unfortunately, it looks like my predictions of masses of people killed by means other than guns is coming true. Automobiles, bombs, knives, etc. other devices can kill as readily as guns. They are all over Europe, and they have many opportunites to kill. Liberals are slow to learn.
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Any reports of "Bally-hoo Snackbar" yet?
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Now there's talk that the police are concerned that the truck may be a bomb....
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Reporting at least 30 people were killed and 100 others were injured thus far....
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Sky News Live feed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y60wDzZt8yg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y60wDzZt8yg)
Report driver killed possible accomplice on the run.
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Now reporting 60 dead.
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Now reporting 60 dead.
Oh gosh. Doesn't look good. Prayers.
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Don't worry. If Hillary is elected, she would use this, to weaken our national security, some how. Blame gun owners, whites, etc.
To lecture us that while muslims may be committing terrorism, muslims are not the problem.
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[/size]drudge is reporting the Eiffel Tower is on fire. [/size]
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Just days after this...
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,215529.0.html
Prayers up for France.
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drudge is reporting the Eiffel Tower is on fire.
The reports I've seen on that are saying it's a fireworks truck that caught fire.... Not sure i'm buying it yet.
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I just visited the DailyMail (London) for info on the attack and read the many comments below the article. Not ONE!!! commenter mentioned the words "Islam" " Muslims" or "Isis." The pronoun "They" was referenced a number of times, but no one said the words "Islam" or "Muslim" or "Isis." Is there some sort of ban on mentioning those words in the British media?
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Is there some sort of ban on mentioning those words in the British media?
I wouldn't be surprised. I know they have the citizens scared to speak up all over Europe. It's madness!
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(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/14/22/36492A3800000578-3691019-image-m-19_1468533420061.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnW0n0-WEAAEoBs.jpg)
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The reports I've seen on that are saying it's a fireworks truck that caught fire.... Not sure i'm buying it yet.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnW8TXTWAAAAR8T.jpg)
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I just visited the DailyMail (London) for info on the attack and read the many comments below the article. Not ONE!!! commenter mentioned the words "Islam" " Muslims" or "Isis." The pronoun "They" was referenced a number of times, but no one said the words "Islam" or "Muslim" or "Isis." Is there some sort of ban on mentioning those words in the British media?
In a word, yes...otherwise the comments would be censored/deleted.
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The Eiffel Tower seems to be fine,
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/530189/black-smoke-Eiffel-Tower-Nice-terror-attack-France
I can't find any other news stories on it.
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Graphic video warning...type in "http:" into the address and then copy/paste into your browser, if you have the stomach for it.
The preview is to gory to post here.
//www.liveleak.com/view?i=814_1468533717
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Yeah, that video is VERY GRAPHIC. I saw it early on but decided not to post links to it. It really shows what these savages are all about, though.
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Let's not get carried away. We don't yet know who did what or why, and nothing is on fire.
This sort of thing used to happen all the time in Israel, and the world at the time (including France) praised Arafat and the Palestinians and sent them food and money.
Now is the time to show 'restraint'. That is what they always said before, why not now? Europe just has to get used to the new normal.
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73 dead now...truck loaded with weapons and explosives...per Sky News
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Now reporting 74 confirmed dead, 100+ injured
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Good lord! 73 people? I thought this was a small incident when I left work.
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Wow, I feel terrible for the victims.
This is the kind of thing that will get Trump elected. The muslims think these attacks will cause most people to be more easily dominated by them and they may be right. I imagine a lot of women in Europe have started wearing scarfs when they go out. However, there will be a portion of the population, even in Europe, that would rather fight and they will win the day. The muslims are cowards and like most cowards they will not fight head on they will wait until your back is turned or your looking the other way. People know this, so when Trump says he will bomb the Hell out of these people, collateral damage be damned, people who don't like being terrorized know it will put an end to this crap.
Bomb their mosques, bomb their holy sites, assassinate their radical imams and then tell muslims if they want to believe this gutter religion they better reform it cause there is no place for it in this world.
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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 1m1 minute ago
In light of the horrible attack in Nice, France, I have postponed tomorrow's news conference concerning my Vice Presidential announcement.
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Sky News is calling this an attack and that 73 are known dead
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73 dead now...truck loaded with weapons and explosives...per Sky News
Not surprised.
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Didnt take FOX News long to make this all about Trump.
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BASTILLE DAY MASSACRE At least 73 dead and 100 injured as lorry crashes into crowd of revellers celebrating in France ‘terror attack’
AT least 73 have been killed and 100 injured after a suspected terrorist ploughed a lorry into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in France.
Witnesses reported an exchange of gunfire in the aftermath of the incident which happened shortly after 10.30pm on the Promenade des Anglais .
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1447619/at-least-30-dead-as-lorry-crashes-into-crowd-of-revellers-celebrating-bastille-day-in-france-terror-attack/
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I'm okay with that
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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 1m1 minute ago
In light of the horrible attack in Nice, France, I have postponed tomorrow's news conference concerning my Vice Presidential announcement.
The price on Trump's head may have just doubled, by the people who know this will only help to get him elected. No doubt his security detail is being reinforced.
Also, no matter what he says or does the Left is just waiting for any quote they can twist to say that he is 'gloating' or 'celebrating' or whatever else they can dream up to try to pin the behavior of Muslims in France, as somehow being Trump's fault.
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Link to video of truck attack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNHjT8D20qE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNHjT8D20qE)
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About thirty minutes ago I was visiting DemocraticUnderground aka Dummyunderground for their comments about the attack. Naturally, most of them have their heads jammed up their anal orifices about who is responsible. But there was one poster who lamented that the lefties on the site blamed Christians, Republicans, and whites for bad things but didn't want to blame Islam for anything.
I went back a few minutes ago, and that post had been removed. They're still puzzled why anybody would do something like this. Leftists/libs are determined to keep their heads jammed up their rear ends.
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73 dead now...truck loaded with weapons and explosives...per Sky News
Also reported that the driver failed in his attempt to set off an explosive. **nononono*
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I'm okay with that
Me too.
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Me too.
There are Muslims and there are Muslims. Remember, the Kurds are our friends, and they are mostly Muslims. But I will agree something radical has to be done to many Islamic countries.
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Didnt take FOX News long to make this all about Trump.
Actually, the interview was scheduled before this happened. :shrug:
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Didn't take FOX News long to make this all about Trump.
Sad and pathetic that anyone would think this has something to do with Trump. Trump is literally the LAST person in America I would consult over terrorism and security issues
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If we are really going to deal with this problem we will have to do that, or contain them like we did the USSR during the not so cold war. We can't keep lying to ourselves that this is just a small part of islam.
I'm okay destroying all their holy sites one by one until this stops.
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Sad and pathetic that anyone would think this has something to do with Trump. Trump is literally the LAST person in America I would consult over terrorism and security issues
Again...the interview was scheduled prior to this attack.
But, Trump is a candidate for POTUS .... he is one of the FIRST people who should speak on terrorism and security issues. **nononono*
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The price on Trump's head may have just doubled, by the people who know this will only help to get him elected. No doubt his security detail is being reinforced.
Also, no matter what he says or does the Left is just waiting for any quote they can twist to say that he is 'gloating' or 'celebrating' or whatever else they can dream up to try to pin the behavior of Muslims in France, as somehow being Trump's fault.
Good analysis.
I wish the nominee were Sen Cruz. I would have no concerns about how he would handle himself in front of the media. We will see if Trump's handlers have control of him yet, or not.
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There are Muslims and there are Muslims. Remember, the Kurds are our friends, and they are mostly Muslims. But I will agree something radical has to be done to many Islamic countries.
They are only our friends because they want their freedom. If you were to point out all the inconsistencies in islam and how the koran is not the inspired Word of God they would turn on you pretty quick.
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The price on Trump's head may have just doubled, by the people who know this will only help to get him elected. No doubt his security detail is being reinforced.
Also, no matter what he says or does the Left is just waiting for any quote they can twist to say that he is 'gloating' or 'celebrating' or whatever else they can dream up to try to pin the behavior of Muslims in France, as somehow being Trump's fault.
Right, 'cuz it's AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL about Donnie.
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They are only our friends because they want their freedom. If you were to point out all the inconsistencies in islam and how the koran is not the inspired Word of God they would turn on you pretty quick.
The Kurds were the only Islamic people to thank us for getting rid of Saddam. They are the only Muslims who willingly cooperate with us and where Americans can go and be greeted warmly.
Nobody likes their religion denigrated, and to be sure I am not a fan of Islam. I'm only saying not all Muslims are evil.
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I just visited the DailyMail (London) for info on the attack and read the many comments below the article. Not ONE!!! commenter mentioned the words "Islam" " Muslims" or "Isis." The pronoun "They" was referenced a number of times, but no one said the words "Islam" or "Muslim" or "Isis." Is there some sort of ban on mentioning those words in the British media?
It was just some domestic lone wolf, doncha know?
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I wonder what it will take before liberal western governments will do what it takes to protect their citizens.
Maybe they're tolerance for violence against their own citizens in the name of diversity is unlimited.
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Can we please just get to this part...?
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/idahobeef/Damon15/mecca_crater.jpg)
I'm sick of all the lamentations and "analysis."
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The Kurds were the only Islamic people to thank us for getting rid of Saddam. They are the only Muslims who willingly cooperate with us and where Americans can go and be greeted warmly.
Nobody likes their religion denigrated, and to be sure I am not a fan of Islam. I'm only saying not all Muslims are evil.
All Germans weren't evil under Nazism but very few were trustworthy. islam is not just a faux religion it is a political ideology.
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Governor Mike Pence @GovPenceIN 8 Dec 2015
Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional.
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They are only our friends because they want their freedom. If you were to point out all the inconsistencies in islam and how the koran is not the inspired Word of God they would turn on you pretty quick.
I don't know if that's true - the Kurds seem to be much less "muslim" than their neighbors. You could be right, I just don't know.
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Governor Mike Pence @GovPenceIN 8 Dec 2015
Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional.
I'm sure he's "evolved" by now.
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I wonder what it will take before liberal western governments will do what it takes to protect their citizens.
Maybe they're tolerance for violence against their own citizens in the name of diversity is unlimited.
I sometimes wonder that.
The first thing out of Obama's mouth will be that we shouldn't "overreact" and be too quick to "draw conclusions."
Leftist 'leaders' literally don't care if their people get slaughtered, as long as they don't offend anyone.....
This world is so screwed up.
Prayers for France............ again. **nononono*
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I'm sure he's "evolved" by now.
Guarantee it. That was probably part of the VP requirement.....
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I don't know if that's true - the Kurds seem to be much less "muslim" than their neighbors. You could be right, I just don't know.
That's because they have been an oppressed people for a long time. The boiling point is if you present information to more than one muslim at a time that they have been indoctrinated into a false religion. The "radicals" are not widely condemned by members of their faith because their koran instructs them to do exactly what they are doing. We have semi-good relations with some muslim countries but that's because they are run by non religious factions, or the country is more afraid of the surrounding radicals. Civilization's war with islam has been going on since it's inception.
We only have a few options in dealing with muslims; convert them by sharing The Gospel, keep muslim countries isolated, or militarily pound them into submission.
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I'm sure he's "evolved" by now.
Maybe we all should on this issue.
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Right, 'cuz it's AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL about Donnie.
Isn't it logical that media outlets would look to request the statements of the two Party candidates three months from a Presidential election?
I'd like to gauge Hillary's response as well. I think candidate reactions to these major world events are informative.
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Once again, I would like to suggest Matt Bracken's excellent piece about what's coming for Europe:
http://gatesofvienna.net/2015/11/tet-take-two-islams-2016-european-offensive/
Required reading for those who are concerned about the fate of The West...
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bilo wrote above:
"Bomb their mosques, bomb their holy sites, assassinate their radical imams and then tell muslims if they want to believe this gutter religion they better reform it cause there is no place for it in this world."
Thank you for speaking frankly -- and wisely.
There must be only one "future" for muslims in Europe.
That is to force them OUT of Europe and back to dar al-islam.
In boxcars, if need it be.
Otherwise, there can be only one eventual fate for Western Europe:
Burqhas.
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At least 80 dead - Heard CNN say the truck had weapons and grenades in it, I haven't heard that anywhere else, Jihad Watch is reporting one of the Jihadists is of Tunisian ancestry.
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At least 80 dead - Heard CNN say the truck had weapons and grenades in it, I haven't heard that anywhere else, Jihad Watch is reporting one of the Jihadists is of Tunisian ancestry.
France: Nice jihad murderer is Muslim of Tunisian origin
A 31-year-old Niçois of Tunisian origin was driving the truck that claimed over 70 people on the Prom in Nice on Thursday night.
The Frenchman was 31 years old.
According to our information, it was a Niçois from Tunisia who drove the truck. The young man of 31 years also fired on the crowd as he drove. More than 70 people died.
At least 77 are dead after a truck drove into the crowd after the fireworks in Nice.
His truck was loaded with weapons and grenades.
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/07/france-nice-jihad-murderer-is-muslim-of-tunisian-origin
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Not too long ago, I watched the French Connection II movie. That takes place mostly in Marseilles and even way back in 1975; they had their Arab quarter. It's interesting to reflect on.
I watched some of the video; I do believe at one point, it looks like a woman walking on that street as well in a hijab.
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Isn't it logical that media outlets would look to request the statements of the two Party candidates three months from a Presidential election?
@ArneFufkin
True, but that wasn't the context of my comment.
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France: Nice jihad murderer is Muslim of Tunisian origin
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/07/france-nice-jihad-murderer-is-muslim-of-tunisian-origin
Thanks for the info;
This was a rather elaborate attack; I would have thought they would have known to keep something like a truck out of the area really.
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I don't know what drastic measures are sensible, plow into those neighborhoods and enforce law and order? Mass imprisonments? Really difficult to know how they can cope with this.
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Mainstream Islam strikes again. Driving a truck through a crowd like this is a tactic mainstream muzzies have encouraged for some time. This bastard managed to get over a mile before the police shot him dead.
Death toll is over 80 now and no doubt will go higher, with approaching 200 people injured to one degree or another.
Why French citizens tolerate this is beyond comprehension
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Mainstream Islam strikes again. Driving a truck through a crowd like this is a tactic mainstream muzzies have encouraged for some time. This bastard managed to get over a mile before the police shot him dead.
Death toll is over 80 now and no doubt will go higher, with approaching 200 people injured to one degree or another.
Why French citizens tolerate this is beyond comprehension
:smokin:
the "good germans" didn't want to Make Waves either...
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I was going to say something about the monsters who pull these terrorist attacks but I just can't find decent enough words to post on a public forum!
My God, I can't imagine the pain that the people who survived must be going through .. especially the parents of innocent children like the little girl below!
(http://i64.tinypic.com/16jnifk.jpg)
A child's doll lies on the street beside the body of a young girl who was killed in last night's attack in Nice in the south of France
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Chieftan observes:
"Why French citizens tolerate this is beyond comprehension..."
What are they going to do?
Send them back?
(The answer is…. "Yes. Of course!")
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I was going to say something about the monsters who pull these terrorist attacks but I just can't find decent enough words to post on a public forum!
My God, I can't imagine the pain that the people who survived must be going through .. especially the parents of innocent children like the little girl below!
(http://i64.tinypic.com/16jnifk.jpg)
A child's doll lies on the street beside the body of a young girl who was killed in last night's attack in Nice in the south of France
Really, well France has probably been counted out before in 1915 and 1940 so we will see. Very moving.
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Why French citizens tolerate this is beyond comprehension
After an Emergency Cabinet meeting in Paris, the Prime Minister has the launch of new wristbands, hashtags and new funding for courses to teach Muslim refugees not to kill and rape.
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I wonder what it will take before liberal western governments will do what it takes to protect their citizens.
Maybe they're tolerance for violence against their own citizens in the name of diversity is unlimited.
Europe I don't think will ever learn.
The U.S. as long as we can keep any more restrictions to the 2nd Amendment from being implemented should fare better.
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I was going to say something about the monsters who pull these terrorist attacks but I just can't find decent enough words to post on a public forum!
My God, I can't imagine the pain that the people who survived must be going through .. especially the parents of innocent children like the little girl below!
(http://i64.tinypic.com/16jnifk.jpg)
A child's doll lies on the street beside the body of a young girl who was killed in last night's attack in Nice in the south of France
I want to weep for humanity. We're still good - most of us. I was given a copy of Hannah Arendt by one of my grandmother's cousins who escaped the camps in WW II when she died, she knew i was a bookworm. Maybe it's time I finally read it.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3691019/Several-people-injured-truck-crashes-crowd-Bastille-Day-celebrations-Nice.html
This is the moment the ISIS fanatic who killed 84 people including at least ten children was shot dead by police as he fired at them from the 25-tonne lorry he used as a murder weapon on his mile-long killing spree.
The killer, a 31-year-old French Tunisian named by local newspaper Nice Matin as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, mounted pavements at high speed and ploughed through crowds celebrating Bastille Day in Nice last night.
One eyewitness filmed armed officers approaching the cab of the lorry and firing repeatedly through its windscreen and doors before it appears Bouhlet can be heard screaming after being hit by a police bullet.
The shootout came after his 30 minute rampage where he aimed at crowds watching firework and sent 'bodies flying like bowling pins' and left others 'jammed' under the lorry’s wheels at around 10.30pm local time last night.
Witness Nadar El Shafei told the BBC: ‘He died inside the vehicle - I saw his head getting out of the window I could see it clearly, they kept shooting him from all sides just to be sure. They were afraid that maybe he was not alone but he was alone, I never saw anyone beside him. They used a light to make sure no one else was inside the car then they asked us to run away in case there were others inside the car or a bomb.’
Heartbroken men and women refused to leave the bodies of their loved ones and the dead remain strewn across the famous Promenade des Anglais today.
At least ten of the victims were children, with young girls and boys lying dead covered in a blankets with their dolls and buggies still next to them. Footage taken at the time of the attack shows bodies piled up in the roads and people running from their lives as they tried to avoid the zig-zagging lorry while paramedics treated the injured and dying in the street.
The truck driver, who was known to police, was said to have shouted 'Allahu Akbar' – God is great in Arabic – before being killed in a clear suicide mission. Pro-ISIS groups have been celebrating the attack, orchestrated to coincide with France's most important national holiday.
A huge cache of guns, grenades and 'larger weapons' and the terrorist's identity papers were later found inside the lorry, which mounted the pavement at approximately 40mph and steered directly towards hundreds of people watching a fireworks display.
ISIS supporters have been celebrating the attack, orchestrated to coincide with France's most important national holiday. The gunman was known to police for crimes of theft and violence, but not intelligence services, a police source said. A suspected accomplice is on the run.
France today declared three days of national mourning after the truck attack - its third major terror attack in 18 months - and President Francois Hollande said: 'France is in tears, it is hurting but it is strong and she will be stronger - always stronger than the fanatics who wish to hurt us.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3691019/Several-people-injured-truck-crashes-crowd-Bastille-Day-celebrations-Nice.html#ixzz4ETZnGdrO
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The British press are doing a great job of covering this terrorist attack, with lots of video showing exactly what happened and its aftermath.
The U.S. media is just waking up this morning and trying to ascertain the motivations of the jihadi who did this...
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The British press are doing a great job of covering this terrorist attack, with lots of video showing exactly what happened and its aftermath.
The U.S. media is just waking up this morning and trying to ascertain the motivations of the jihadi who did this...
It's gotten to the point lately that no matter where the event happens I automatically open up my UK Daily mail app on my phone to get the best info.
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Here's SkY news Live feed that 's leading the news, first on the scene....and carrying live reports....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y60wDzZt8yg
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The moderates had better start cooperating with the French authorities. French people have a reputation for liberalism, but everyone has a breaking point. I know they are proud of their culture, and they will not feel obligated to deal with these attacks ad infinitum.
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Murder weapon: The key suspect is said to have been parked up for nine hours before carrying out the attack and may have been stopped by police but claimed he was delivering ice cream. In fact the back of his lorry contained many weapons and grenades
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3691019/Several-people-injured-truck-crashes-crowd-Bastille-Day-celebrations-Nice.html
So, this may be unconfirmed but the terrorist may have claimed to have been delivering ice cream.
Apparently one man did all of this harm.
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So, this may be unconfirmed but the terrorist may have claimed to have been delivering ice cream.
Apparently one man did all of this harm.
Well, the police didn't do their job, then. They should have checked the truck and made sure it had ice cream in it.
Not grenades......... **nononono*
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Who owned the truck, was it stolen...